{"product_id":"classic-krakauer-essays-on-wilderness-and-risk","title":"Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eClassic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJon Krakauer\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781984897695\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eVintage\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2019\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e192\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpanning an extraordinary range of subjects and locations, these ten gripping essays show why Jon Krakauer is considered a standard-bearer of modern journalism. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis pieces take us from a horrifying avalanche on Mount Everest to a volcano poised to obliterate a big chunk of Seattle; from a wilderness teen-therapy program run by apparent sadists to an otherworldly cave in New Mexico, studied by NASA to better understand Mars; from the notebook of one Fred Beckey, who catalogued the greatest unclimbed mountaineering routes on the planet, to the last days of legendary surfer Mark Foo. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBringing together work originally published in such magazines as \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e--all rigorously researched, vividly written, and marked by an unerring instinct for storytelling and scoop--\u003ci\u003eClassic Krakauer\u003c\/i\u003e powerfully demonstrates the author's ambivalent love affair with unruly landscapes and his relentless search for truth.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk | Jon Krakauer | Paperback | 9781984897695 | Used: Like New | Essays 1740957","offer_id":50884046258434,"sku":"1740957","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/91lxuMbGwWL.jpg?v=1793081407","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/classic-krakauer-essays-on-wilderness-and-risk","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}